According to the latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 15 percent of Latino youth in the United States have considered attempting suicide. By comparison, rates for black and white youth were 13 percent.

Mental illness is a disease that knows no boundaries: It affects people of all incomes, races and ages.Monday, WBEZ kicked off a series documenting the lives of mentally ill children--and their families--in Illinois.

Earlier WBEZ series, Fifty-Fifty and Inside and Out, revealed that mental illness causes some kids to drop out of school and others to end up in jail: The new series Out of the Shadows continues that reporting.